Chapter 1658: That Woman, Consort Jing

Several days later, the Marquis's Mansion and the Mei family withdrew the case together, and emphasized that Zhu San had been wronged. There were several witnesses proving Zhu San was innocent.

As for how Third Miss Mei died, the Mei family indicated they wouldn't investigate anymore.

A good daughter, just let her go quietly. Don't let her be slandered by others in vain after death.

Ministry of Justice:...

Concerning a murder case, how could they say they wouldn't investigate just because they wanted to?

The case was presented to Sun Daoning.

Chen Guanlou was also there. "Since Zhu San is innocent, hurry up and give me a release document to restore the person's innocence."

Sun Daoning held the case file, very annoyed.

"Simply absurd! What do they take the Ministry of Justice for, wanting to withdraw the case just because they want to? Did they ask the Ministry of Justice's opinion?"

"Don't tell me you want to continue investigating. The murderer is already dead!"

"You believe that maid's nonsense? Just based on a testimony, you believe her?" Sun Daoning was unusually angry, simply adding to the chaos.

Chen Guanlou nodded and said solemnly: "I believe her! You have also seen the testimony; the details in it couldn't have been made up by anyone who wasn't the person involved. Don't forget, after the incident, no one approached Third Miss Mei's corpse, and afterward, the Mei family took the corpse and sent it outside the city to be buried. If we hadn't dug up the grave and performed an autopsy at the risk, I wouldn't know what Third Miss Mei had suffered. Besides the murderer, tell me who else could write such a detailed testimony? Without understanding autopsies, even seeing the corpse, one couldn't write it."

This was the most critical factor why Chen Guanlou believed A-Zhi's testimony was true.

Ordinary people could only see the wounds on the corpse.

How the wounds were caused, what posture, what tools, what state, how much force—ordinary people couldn't tell. Only the coroner, and the physician who often dealt with the dead, could tell.

In addition, the order in which the wounds on the corpse were formed, the coroner couldn't tell either, as they were too close together. Only the murderer knew best.

"You still dare to speak!" Sun Daoning slammed the table hard, scolding angrily: "Without permission, you ran to dig up the grave outside the city; what big guts you have."

"This isn't the first thing I've dared to do without permission, so why are you so angry? Old Sun, stop being so angry! Look at you, you've aged another layer after the New Year."

Chen Guanlou poked directly at Sun Daoning's heart.

Sun Daoning was so angry his beard was blowing and his eyes were wide.

"Whether to close the case or not is up to you. But please release Zhu San first. A perfectly good person, suffering a disaster for no reason; you should at least pity the innocent."

"I will be angered to death by you sooner or later."

"When it's my turn to collect your corpse, I'll do it." Chen Guanlou said with a smile.

Sun Daoning's face turned ashen. "If it's your turn to collect my corpse, my coffin lid won't be able to be pressed down."

The only possibility of Chen Guanlou collecting his corpse was if the entire Sun family was dead.

It was clearly a curse!

He was very disgusted, throwing a release document to the other party. "Get out, get out, get out! Every time I see you, I lose a bit of my lifespan. Don't come here if you have nothing to do in the future."

"As if I want to come. The food in the Ministry of Justice doesn't taste good, and the faces of those people don't look good either; do you think I care to come?"

Taking advantage of before Sun Daoning got angry, Chen Guanlou ran away with the release document.

Returning to the Heavenly Prison, finishing the procedures, he personally went down to the C-grade prison and opened the cell door. "Brother Zhu, you have been released. The truth has been investigated, and you are innocent."

Zhu San was completely stunned; seeing Chen Guanlou beckoning to him, he walked out of the prison in a daze, following the other party out of the C-grade prison.

When the sunlight shone on his face, he truly realized he was free, and the crime on his body had been cleared.

"I, innocent?"

"You have been released. Sign and fingerprint, and you can leave."

"I, I..." Zhu San was incoherent, squatting on the ground and howling in tears.

A disaster of imprisonment, although he didn't suffer flesh and blood, the mental torture he suffered during these days was enough to take half his life. Suffering every day!

When he couldn't bear it, he would take his head and hit the wall.

So much so that he still had blood scabs on his head, and his head hurt from time to time.

Exhausted both physically and mentally!

After crying, his emotions were vented; he stood up, simply washed up in the Heavenly Prison, and changed into a clean set of clothes.

Afterward, he came to the office, faced Chen Guanlou, bowed, and thanked him solemnly.

Chen Guanlou accepted his courtesy. "From today on, Brother Zhu will no longer have to suffer."

"May I ask, who exactly is the murderer?"

Chen Guanlou shook his head, reminding the other party not to ask.

Zhu San looked dejected, understanding in his heart. "I spoke too much!"

"What plans does Brother Zhu have next? Stay in the capital, or return to your hometown?"

"After this disaster, I have no heart to manage the business in the capital. This place in the capital, the water is deep, not something we can play with. Next, I will sell off the business in the capital, and I will set off to return to my hometown. I will never come again!"

He was scared!

Scared of the noble families in the capital, scared of the official power in the capital.

He couldn't even bear it once; if he came again, he was afraid he would lose his life in the capital.

This time, if he hadn't met Chen Guanlou, if they hadn't had a bit of friendship, if they hadn't had a bit of incense-burning friendship left from the past, he might have been sentenced to immediate execution by now, sent to the execution ground, and beheaded.

If it had been a fraction of a hair off, he wouldn't have been able to overturn the case!

It could only be said that his life was not meant to end!

He thanked him solemnly again, said goodbye, and turned to leave the Heavenly Prison.

Afterward, he sent a thick gift to Chen Guanlou. Originally, he wanted to set up a banquet to thank him solemnly, but because he was in a hurry to go home, busy and bustling, he couldn't find time before leaving, and had no heart to host a banquet. He only offered a thick gift to express his feelings.

Every year afterward, Chen Guanlou would receive a gift sent by Zhu San. After the other party passed away, this gift still arrived on time every year, continuing for many, many years.

In the middle of the night, Chen Guanlou learned the news that Consort Jing was about to give birth, and hurried to the villa outside the city.

The villa was managed so tightly that not even water could leak through; it was all Consort Jing's people. Secretly, Chen Guanlou checked twice more to ensure these serving servants were loyal and reliable.

When he arrived, a baby's cry was heard just in time.

The child was born.

The midwife congratulated him. "Congratulations, Master, on the birth of a son."

"Congratulations to you too!" Chen Guanlou laughed heartily and rewarded the midwife with two strings of cash.

The midwife was so happy she said auspicious words again.

Dismissing the midwife.

Physician Mu was here, ensuring both mother and child were safe.

He saw Consort Jing's eldest brother, Shen Wenbin, who was sitting in the side room with a blank expression, like a slow-witted, aging old man.

"Where is your wife?"

"She is inside the delivery room; the Consort said to do the whole act."

Both women were in the delivery room; who would dare say the child didn't come out of Shen Wenbin's wife's belly?

The delivery room was blocked, blocking the mother's face; even the midwife didn't know what the mother looked like.

The child could only be Shen Wenbin's.

"Don't you care?" Chen Guanlou asked tentatively.

Shen Wenbin didn't seem to have come back to his senses. After a long while, he said: "I can't do anything."

"You have a child!" Chen Guanlou reminded the other party. "The child in the room is recorded under your name; it is the incense of your Shen family, and in the future, he will call you father."

"I... you... you are his father, are you not willing?"

"I am truly not happy!" Chen Guanlou said viciously. What kind of thing is this!

Consort Jing, this woman, is the most capable of causing trouble. ===== CHAPTER 1659 =====